[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Wireless home LAN - WiFi vs Bluetooth?



On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:57:38 -0500
David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:

> On Mon 29 Jul 2019 at 20:43:04 (+0100), Joe wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:26:14 -0500 John Hasler
> > <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote: 
> > > They don't have to be on the same branch circuit: just on the same
> > > "phase"[1].  There is probably a gadget available that bridges the
> > > signal between phases.
> > > 
> > > [1] They aren't really phases but everyone calls them that.  
> > 
> > They are in my country. 3-phase, 240V RMS each phase to neutral,
> > 415V RMS between phases.  
> 
> Irrelevant in a domestic setting: it's illegal to have more than one
> phase in an ordinary house. Houses will have one phase each, so you'll
> share your phase with various neighbours scattered along the street.
> 

Which was the point. The nearest house on the same phase is likely to
be a significant distance away, and less likely to have a useable level
of RF from my power-line gadget. But I only use it occasionally.

-- 
Joe


Reply to: